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anata no koto suki vs anata ga suki [duplicate]
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What is the こと in sentences such as あなたのことが好きだ?
What are the guidelines of omitting particles?
It is possible to say both of these:
あなたが好きです
あなたのこと好きです
The adjective 好き is ...
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Can はbe omitted as a shortcut in speech? [duplicate]
So I have this book, "Easy Japanese, A Direct Learning Approach for Immediate Communication".
I notice that は is often omitted in sentences.
So instead of saying:
猫はどこですか。
It might read:
猫どこですか。
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Is 寝るの朝 a set phrase? [duplicate]
In a manga I am reading, I found this sentence:
"私も最近は寝るの朝の9時くらい"
I understand its meaning from context:
I also sleep around 9 in the morning these days.
But I don't get why there is の ...
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Obligatory zero particle
Sometimes, particles are omitted.
I've read, however, that this can be analyzed as inserting a "zero particle" instead. See for example Particle omission or zero particle by Mitsuaki Shimojo. See ...
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Noun+Adjective - What are the rules/usages?
I usually self-study, however I see a tutor once a week who is a native from Tokyo. In my previous lesson with her, she used the following:
もう夜遅いから家に帰ったほうがいいでしょう。
Where 夜遅い translates to "late at ...
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Older Jp had much fewer particles (助詞) ? — The modern “use ALL the particles” written style
. . . A perhaps pedantic comment: The idea that everything has a particle in theory, which is either "dropped" or not, is actually relatively modern. In earlier forms of Japanese, there were many ...
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What does 家建てる mean?
I cannot figure out what 「家建てた」 on this tweet means.
「エレクチオン」で家建てた僕の言語能力を舐めちゃいけませン。
Is it a typo for 「打ち立てた」? Or it is a word that Koike Kazuo coined? If so, what does it mean?
I think "made a ...
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Should I always use を after an object?
I was studying some particles and I already understood the difference between of が and は. Also the function of the particle を and its usage. I wonder if it is possible to NOT use it in a phrase? Take ...
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How should 手は打ってくる be translated?
The full dialogue in the light novel is:
「だが注意したまえ。白峰は聡い男だからネ。何かしらの手は打ってくるだろう」
The characters were discussing about some operation.
I'm not sure of why the author would use the particle は here ...
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How does あるのですか work in this gramatically?
A Japanese friend wrote to me:
なぜsomethingsomethingに興味あるのですか。
Shouldn't she have used が before ある?
Could you just say ありますか instead of あるのですか?